What does Oregon get because of its troubles following a 52-27 reduction a week at home against Stanford? : A road game against a much better variant of this Cardinal.
The Ducks play in No. 11 Utah Saturday in Salt Lake City, Utah, and on newspaper have no chance to win, or perhaps stay close. So much so the 14-point spread seems to be an insult to Utah by about ten points.
Oregon (3-7, 1-6 Pac-12) will roll into Utah (8-2, 5-2) with the second-worst rushing defense in the Pac-12 at 255.4 yards allowed per game to confront the hottest rushing attack in the seminar.
“Same thing as last week, actually,” Oregon defensive coordinator Brady Hoke said. “You’ve got to stop the run. There is no doubt about it.”
Uh oh!
Oregon has not stopped the run all season. Not against UC Davis and Virginia in what seems like ions ago. Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey ran rampant a week, scoring three touchdowns as the Cardinal, owners of the worst crime in the conference, averaging 340 yards per game, put up 540 yards of total offense on the Ducks.
Utah, averaging 433.7 metres per game is much better on offense than Stanford thanks to this wonderful performances of running Joe Williams. He”retired” for four games to begin the season only to be spoken back into playing. Since his return, Williams has averaged 216 total yards and 156.5 yards rushing per game. He has gained 939 rushing yards on 7.0 yards per carry.
“He’s possibly the most explosive and also the fastest of any of the backs we’ve had here as far as a home run-type back which can extend the distance from anywhere on the field,” Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham told reporters this week.
To make matters worse for Oregon, Williams runs behind a veteran offensive line.
“They’re bodily upfront,” Hoke said. “Very senior-oriented offensive line together with three guys up there which have played a lot of football”
The Ducks would be the opposite with one senior beginning on a young defense that has rotated through 14 defensive linemen this season.
“We had a good week of practice, same thing we did the week before,” Hoke said. “Our guys have come out and fought, and been physical each time we go to the field.”
That intensity has not translated into strong performances on game titles. Saturday will probably be no different.
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